Southern Double-collared Sunbird

Cinnyris chalybeus (Linnaeus, 1766) — also called SDCS. Occurrence records of the Southern Double-collared Sunbird are shared on GBIF from around 177 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Table Mountain National Park (5 018 records), in 7 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernNectariniidae

177reserves with records

56 311records around them

7provinces

LCIUCN category

Southern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris chalybeus) — Photo: Mikegoulding · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	5 018
Garden Route National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	3 404
Hottentots-HollandProtected area	WC Western Cape	2 927
Tokai ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	2 419
False Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2 075
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	1 417
Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	1 391
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 370
Jock's BayNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 304
Muizenberg CaveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 246
Jan Marias Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 200
Boulders Penguin ColonyGame reserve	WC Western Cape	1 180
Settlers Park Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	1 164
Lower Guinea-Fowl TrailNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	1 163
DONKIN RESERVENature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	1 151
Clara Anna Fontein Game ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	1 099
Betty's Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	1 071
Stony Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	976
Stony Point Penguin ColonyNature reserve	WC Western Cape	969
St. James SpringNature reserve	WC Western Cape	933
Lion's Head Hiking TrailNature reserve	WC Western Cape	931
Silvermine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	873
Knysna National Lake AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	833
Fernkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	742
Pledge Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	735
Constantia NekNature reserve	WC Western Cape	720
Helderberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	609
Limietberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	599
Doreen clark nature reserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	577
De Hoop Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	573
East London Coast Nature ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	542
Wilderness National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	530
Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	522
Grysbok ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	487
Bontebok National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	477
CederbergProtected area	WC Western Cape	450
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	442
Cederberg Wilderness AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	439
Paarl Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	403
Helderberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	392
Seal IslandNature reserve	WC Western Cape	357
Mountain Zebra National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	352
West Coast Fossil ParkProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	347
Matjiesrivier Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	300
Blaauwberg Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	296
Cape Point Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	282
De Mond Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	278
Lang Elsie's Kraal Rest CampNature reserve	WC Western Cape	275
Ferncliffe Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	272
Tsitsikamma National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	262
Tsitsikamma Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	EC Eastern Cape	261
Pauline Bohnen Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	255
Boland Mountain ComplexProtected area	WC Western Cape	252
Wellington ParkNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	249
Karoo National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	241
Zeekoevlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	237
Woodbush Forest ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	215
Vredenheim Big Cats ParkWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	213
Darling Renosterveld ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	211
Baviaanskloof Mega ReserveProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	199

and 117 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

Western Cape: 124 reserves
Eastern Cape: 33 reserves
Mpumalanga: 8 reserves
Northern Cape: 5 reserves
Limpopo: 3 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 3 reserves
Free State: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Scientific name: Cinnyris chalybeus
GBIF taxon: 7340753
Wikidata: Q283677

More of the Nectariniidae family

Amethyst Sunbird White-bellied Sunbird Malachite Sunbird Greater Double-collared Sunbird Collared Sunbird Olive Sunbird Orange-breasted Sunbird Mouse-colored Sunbird Scarlet-chested Sunbird Marico Sunbird Purple-banded Sunbird Dusky Sunbird Neergaard's Sunbird

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.